“I’m happy. I’m crying, but I’m happy … There are so many people who have suffered such loss and pain. The processing part is going to take forever.”

Understandably, though, Ari doesn’t like to discuss the bombing:

“I don’t want to give it that much power, something so negative. It’s the absolute worst of humanity. That’s why I did my best to react the way I did. The last thing I would ever want is for my fans to see something like that happen and think it won.”

She went on:

“Music is supposed to be the safest thing in the world. I think that’s why it’s still so heavy on my heart every single day. I wish there was more that I could fix. You think with time it’ll become easier to talk about. Or you’ll make peace with it. But every day I wait for that peace to come, and it’s still very painful.”